craftmaster

English

Etymology

craft +‎ master

Noun

craftmaster (plural craftmasters)

1. (US, nautical) A senior enlisted sailor qualified to operate small vessels and support craft.
2. Alternative form of craftsmaster.
   • 1910 August, C. W. O’Connor, “American Library Bindery”, in The Library Journal: Chiefly Devoted to Library Economy and Bibliography, volume 35, number 8, New York, N.Y.: Publication Office, […]; London: […] Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., […], page 5:

     There are establishments—just a sufficient number to make it plural—which have established, and are maintaining a certain standard in binding. Then there are others, where “our binder works at home,” and his associate craftmasters are his brothers and his sisters and his cousins and his aunts.

   • 1937 August, “Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Company”, in Industrial Finishing, volume XIII, number 10, Indianapolis, Ind.: Practical Publications, Inc., […], page 8:

     THIS UNIQUE CHARM—INDIVIDUALITY—CHARACTER IN FURNITURE FINISH IS ATTAINABLE WITH OUR CHARACTER BUILT-IN PRODUCTS and simple working instructions—with materials formulated to meet most rigid requirements of exacting furniture craftmasters.

   • 1991, Michael W. Simpson, Making Native American Pottery, Happy Camp, Calif.: Naturegraph Publishers, →ISBN, page 19:

     Pure clay, as the ancient craftmasters found, is a good find, but it cannot be shaped and fired in this state.

   • 1999, Roberta Gellis, A Mortal Bane, New York, N.Y.: Forge, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 303:

     I was all over London this morning visiting craftmasters whose names begin with S. The Guildmaster gave me a list, but none of them knew anything about the chalice, candlesticks, and patens that have been copied.

   • 2005, Elizabeth A. Vaughan, Warprize, New York, N.Y.: Tor Romance, →ISBN, page 276:

     The lords of the court, and the craftmasters of the city filled the room, as did an even larger number of the Warlord’s men.

   • 2006, L[eland] E[xton] Modesitt, Jr., Cadmian’s Choice (The Corean Chronicles; 5), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 352:

     A great deal, Submarshal, but much of it consists of the rather boring details of attempting to train semi-trained recruits and build a true compound in a town where the principal concern seems to be how many golds the craftmasters can milk from the Marshal of Myrmidons.